Comments on: music networks (last.FM and Audioscrobbler)

By: Mama Jama LIVE

Mama Jama LIVE — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 04:21:15 +0000

Last FM the bomb!

I read about this ‘net radio service on Liz Lawley’s blog, She broadened the nature of the riff to include the social computing aspect, “…systems where the communication is implicit, where the social component is the emergent information that comes…

By: Julian Bond

Julian Bond — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:57:47 +0000

Note, I also find Soulseek much better than the more generic file sharing nets for rare stuff. but I guess it depends on your tastes.

By: Julian Bond

Julian Bond — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 03:56:44 +0000

It’s definitely worth checking allofmp3.com for rare grooves. Their catalogue now seems to be quite a bit bigger than iTunes (It’s also a better model of course).

See The Long Tail. The music companies should be digitising their entire back catalogue as fast as they can. But are they?

By: Many-to-Many

Many-to-Many — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:47:49 +0000

thoughts on last.FM

I’m never quite sure when some of my more random posts are of value to Many-To-Many readers so i don’t always post everything here. That said, i’ve written three entries as of late concerning Last.FM and i think that collectively,…

By: Operating Manual for Social Tools

Operating Manual for Social Tools — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:35:57 +0000

Music-Driven Networking

I’ve been actively watching last.FM lately [1] [2]. I believe that the value of this tool has yet to be truly uncovered (partially because it’s buggy as hell and there are key features missing). Still, i think that it is…

By: Ypulse

Ypulse — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:55:22 +0000

Ypulse Essentials

Ladies Last (The Washington Post, reg. required, has a really insightful piece on the decline of women in hip-hop, i.e. how commercial rap sold its soul) Gentlemen, Start Your TV Sets (The New York Times, reg. required, examines the car…